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June 3 T. E. POPE 1,761,583

- N ARD Filed Jan, 9 1928 Wig? Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED STATES THOMAS E. POPE, OF SAYRE, OKLAHOMA IRONING BOARD Application filed January 9, 1928. Serial No. 245,604.

This invention relates to a portable ironing board, particularly, although the same may be applied to any sort of portable table, shelf, or other similar device.

It is an object of the invention to provide apractical means of support for a board, table or other device, and one that will be substantially rigid while the board is being used.

At the same time it is another object of the invention to so fold the parts together, as to permit compactness and thus conserve space while the device is not being used, and folded up out of the way.

On the sheet of drawing, accompanying and forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an ironing board constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation of the device as illustrated in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of the board as herein disclosed folded; and

Figure 4 is a view in bottom plan of the device as illustrated in Figure 3.

In the views, similar characters of reference will indicate similar parts.

The board proper is designated by 3, and to the underside thereof there. are applied sets of bearings 4, 5 and 6.

From the bearings 4 and 5, proceed two converging legs 7 and 8 that are properly braced at 9, 10 and 11.

Suitably journaled in the bearing 6 is a leg 12, dropping to a point near the'floor and this leg is provided with a rest 13 to impinge upon the uppersides of the converging legs 7 and 8 when the device is set up in an operative position.

Secured to this leg 12 is a bearing plate 14, set in pairs on each side, and to these .is pivoted a pair of straddle-legs 15 and 16,

that strut out a considerable distance farther laterally than the converging legs 7 and 8, and thus providing essentially a three point bearing for the under-supporting of the board 3, and in this way the board will not wobble, especially when the iron, for instance, is moved from side to sideover the top of the board.

In order to hold the straddle-legs 15 and 16, in their outward position, toggle arms 17 and 18 are provided so that when they are straightening out, they will hold the legs in outward straddled position, and when the device is not in use, these toggles may be folded and the straddle-legs 15 and 16 drawn in until they lay parallel with the leg 12 when the folded parts may be drawn along the underside of the leg 7 and 8 and made to lay in place within the legs 7 and 8 and all the legs laying against the board 3, thusall being neatly in compact form.

Having set forth the invention, I claim:

An ironing table comprising a board, legs pivotally connected with the under side of. said board adjacent to one end thereof, said legs being spaced apart in adirection transverse of the board, an additional leg pivotally connected to the under surface of the board at a point in advance of the pivotal connections between the first named legs and the other end portion of the board, said last named leg extending between the first namedlegs, a member carried by the last named leg for contact from above with the first named legs, when all of the legs are extended, a cross member connecting the first named legs and with which the last named leg contacts from below when the gle arms also folding to bring the straddle legs close to and substantially in parallelism with the last named leg, said last named leg having a free end spaced from the supporting surface upon which the first named legs rest.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of December, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and THOMAS E. POPE.

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